Acknowledgements and Sources

Although this web site belongs to me and I am the one responsible for updates and ongoing research, what is contained in these pages is not solely my own work. When I began to research the war memorials I was unaware that there was someone else in Scholes who was doing exactly the same thing.

I was introduced to Christine Hudson in 2005 and we pooled our notes and took the project forward far enough to enable us to put together a memorial book in time to be presented to the Parish of Barwick in Elmet at the Remembrance Parade of that year.

Without Christine's input the pages of this web site would not have been possible, and I thank her for her enthusiasm and dedication to the project.

I must also thank the officers and members of the Barwick in Elmet and Scholes Branch of the Royal British Legion for their encouragement and support of the memorial book. I hope this web site comes as a nice surprise to them.

The members of the Great War Forum must be specially mentioned, although I will not name individuals. They, without fail have supported not only me, but my entire family through the trauma of having a son in hospital and they watched from all over the world as Bailey fought and fought for his life. They cried with us prayed with us, smiled with us and mourned with us.

Owl Trench Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, Charles Robshaw is buried here.

A more generous group would be nigh on impossible to find and for that we owe a debt which can never be settled. They have also supported me in my project to create this site, not only with advice and encouragement, but with information worth more than gold. I thank them all for everything.

Lastly I come to my wife, Michelle. She has valiantly put up with my obsession for longer than is reasonable to expect! I am sure she feels she knows each of the men as she would an uncle. My love and admiration go out to her.

Of course, any errors or omissions are mine and mine alone.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Soldiers/Officers Died in the Great War.
1901 Census.
Yorkshire Evening Post.
National Archives - Documents Online - Medal Index Cards.
National Archives - Documents Online - Various unit war diaries.
National Archives - Officers Correspondance files.